IRS Apologizes to Blackburn

Press Release

Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today received a letter of apology from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen nearly two weeks after being sent a dismissive form letter in response to a Congressional inquiry into the Clinton Foundation's tax-exempt status.

On May 19, 2015, Blackburn was joined by 51 of her House colleagues in sending a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen requesting a review of the Clinton Foundation's tax-exempt status. On June 3, 2015, Blackburn received an unsigned form letter addressed to "Sir or Madam" from the IRS in response to this request.

Blackburn issued the following statement in appreciation of Commissioner Koskinen's letter of apology:

"We appreciate that Commissioner Koskinen is not letting this issue go ignored. It is appropriate that the IRS has issued an apology and corrected the record. Congressional inquiries are deserving of respect and a certain level of tact, which was glaringly absent in the agency's initial response.

"Members of Congress have an obligation to be responsive to the questions being raised by our constituents regarding these widely reported improprieties. The allegations swirling around the Clinton Foundation are very serious and raise issues of great public importance. They should be thoroughly vetted and we intend to continue our examination of the Foundation."

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